During the past few days, following the referendum, a complete, 9-article agreement, was signed between Talabani and al-Ameri, overseen by Haider al-Abbadi and mediated by Qassem Soleimani, which revokes the matter of “self-determination” until further notice.

He added: the articles of this agreement were quoted from a French theory, whereby Kurdistan province will be split into two managerial regions, or two independent provinces, so that the Kurds would not be able to think of “self-determination” in the near future.

The agreement states the following: 1- Iraqi forces will withdraw to disputed regions.

2- 17 managerial departments (cities, departments, and the center of Kirkuk), which have been managed by Kurdistan since 2014 are to be transferred to the central government. If not, then Baghdad will ask for the return of 11 managerial departments that have been run by Kurdistan province since 2003, and thus Kurdistan province is forced to surrender 28 managerial departments to Baghdad.

3- Kirkuk’s city center is to be jointly managed. Kurds will manage 15 Kurd regions and others will manage the other 25 regions of Kirkuk. This situation will continue for the 6 coming months.

4- The central government is to control Kirkuk’s strategic facilities, such as the K-1 base, and oil rigs.

5- The Suleymaniya airport will once again be opened for international travel.

6- The central government will pay the wages of Suleymaniya and Kirkuk employees.

7- The wages of Peshmerga forces on the border of Suleymaniya will be paid for by Bafel Talabani according to a list that is to be prepared beforehand.

8- The formation of Halabja – Suleymaniya – Kirkuk province.

9- The establishment of a new government for this new province.

The Iraqi MP also added: this agreement was signed by “Hadi Ameri”, one of the PMU leaders, representing Iraq, even though he does not hold any official post or title in the central Iraqi government.

Speaking to Alghad Press on Tuesday, the source said, “over the past few days, as liberation operations kicked off in Hawija, several IS militants, along with their families, turned in themselves to Peshmerga troops deployed in Deibka and other regions near Hawija.”

Peshmerga, according to the source, “detained the militants as well as their families and transferred them to unknown places.”

On Sunday, the Joint Operations Command announced completing the first phase of operations to recapture Hawija, the group’s holdout in southwestern Kirkuk.

Launched last week, the operation managed to take over al-Zab river region, the northern part of Makhoul mountains and several villages west of Tigris River.

Brig. Gen. Yahia Rasoul, spokesman of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command, said previously that the number of Islamic State members in Hawija falls between 800 and 1500. On the same day, Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi and the Joint Operations Command announced launch of first phase of operations to liberate Hawija and western Shirqat.

Hawija and other neighboring regions, west of Kirkuk, have been held by IS since mid-2014, when the group emerged to proclaim an Islamic “caliphate” in Iraq and Syria.

Roderich Kiesewetter, a foreign-policy expert in the Christian Democratic Union, said in an interview with Stuttgarter Zeitung and Stuttgart Nachrichten: “International pressure due to the attempts of the northern Iraqi Kurds for independence mounts that will endanger Germany’s permanent aid to the Kurdish regional government and will effect on military collaboration.”

For the last three years, Germany supported the Peshmerga in the fight against ISIS by sending weapons and equipment, and provided training.

Kiesewetter pointed the deep gaps between the Kurds in northern Iraq and said: “an independent Kurdish state in the north of the country will not last and would fall. He believes an independent Kurdistan will lead to the “complete collapse of Iraq”, will increase the influence of the Shiite and Iranian forces in other parts of Iraq and that would trigger a new war in the region. It won’t be in the interest of the international community.”

Meanwhile, Turkey again called on the Kurdish leaders of northern Iraq to abolish the Kurdistan referendum, otherwise, it will have serious consequences. According to Anadolu News Agency, the Turkish National Security Council called the referendum “illegal and unacceptable”. Turkey threatened Ankara reserves all options arising from bilateral and international agreements if this referendum is held.”

It suggests Turkey is ready to mediate between Iraq’s central government and Kurdish regional administration. Turkey’s National Security Council headed by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was held on Friday September 22 in Ankara to discuss the matter.

Erdogan threatened Turkey will impose sanctions upon the Region if the independence referendum is held. Turkey’s National Security Council called the referendum a threat to “the security of Turkey and the peace, security and stability of the region”. Other than Turkey, United Nations, Iran, US, EU, and Germany also oppose the Kurdish referendum.

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